Dennis Maxwell
@dmax12345.bsky.social
Soccer fan; rower; public defender; I army’d for a bit; try to do good because that is the job of a human; teach your kids to, also
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As frequently discussed, half of the reason for this mentality is because these people are just genuinely stupid, but the other half is Democrats simply don’t want to believe the people they work with on a daily basis are actual sociopaths who want to see them dead
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
As frequently discussed, half of the reason for this mentality is because these people are just genuinely stupid, but the other half is Democrats simply don’t want to believe the people they work with on a daily basis are actual sociopaths who want to see them dead
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Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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We have friends everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We have friends everywhere
I thought that no sporting event could ever compare with the 2022 World Cup final as far as great play and high drama. This baseball game compares with that match. Maybe even better (not sure). Hard to believe two such amazing contests happened in the space of a couple of years.
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I thought that no sporting event could ever compare with the 2022 World Cup final as far as great play and high drama. This baseball game compares with that match. Maybe even better (not sure). Hard to believe two such amazing contests happened in the space of a couple of years.
We all agree that baseball is a stupid fucking game, right?
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
We all agree that baseball is a stupid fucking game, right?
JFC. Both teams get out of loaded bases with 1 out. This fucking game. WTF?
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
JFC. Both teams get out of loaded bases with 1 out. This fucking game. WTF?
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
Fuck. Again. Fuck.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Fuck. Again. Fuck.
What the fuck? This game has everything. Toronto just needs to put the ball in play. This game, man. Baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
What the fuck? This game has everything. Toronto just needs to put the ball in play. This game, man. Baseball.
I am following a lot of people who all used roughly the same expletive within seconds of one another on here, with no context. Weird.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I am following a lot of people who all used roughly the same expletive within seconds of one another on here, with no context. Weird.
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history
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It still boggles my mind that so many people couldn't grasp last year how significantly more morally depraved a second Trump term would be in comparison to the first. And how so many people still can't comprehend that our national crisis isn't about politics, but simple morality.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It still boggles my mind that so many people couldn't grasp last year how significantly more morally depraved a second Trump term would be in comparison to the first. And how so many people still can't comprehend that our national crisis isn't about politics, but simple morality.
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The recent spike in Americans' anti-immigrant sentiment didn't happen in 2021 or 2022, correlating with the pandemic and related crime increase, nor any Biden policy.
It happened in 2024. When crime was lower, but the Trump campaign and associated anti-immigrant scapegoating was at a fever pitch.
It happened in 2024. When crime was lower, but the Trump campaign and associated anti-immigrant scapegoating was at a fever pitch.
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The recent spike in Americans' anti-immigrant sentiment didn't happen in 2021 or 2022, correlating with the pandemic and related crime increase, nor any Biden policy.
It happened in 2024. When crime was lower, but the Trump campaign and associated anti-immigrant scapegoating was at a fever pitch.
It happened in 2024. When crime was lower, but the Trump campaign and associated anti-immigrant scapegoating was at a fever pitch.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
I think this is exactly right. And man, is that fucked up.
This racist garbage from Mike Davis reminds me of how a major fault line in politics can be seen in Thomas Malthus's list of population checks: vice vs. misery.
Let me go on.
Let me go on.
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think this is exactly right. And man, is that fucked up.
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I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
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These are big strong men doing big important things to keep us all safe, you see
10/23/25 IG: mike_kelly_photography
10am ICE arrested US citizen after alleging she‘d made a threat. Both woman & onlookers refuted claim, but ICE proceeded to force her to ground & zip-tie her hands. Incident followed a failed attempt by ICE to gain access at nearby laundromat
🛑THIS MUST STOP🛑
10am ICE arrested US citizen after alleging she‘d made a threat. Both woman & onlookers refuted claim, but ICE proceeded to force her to ground & zip-tie her hands. Incident followed a failed attempt by ICE to gain access at nearby laundromat
🛑THIS MUST STOP🛑
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
These are big strong men doing big important things to keep us all safe, you see
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute
Photos: White House East Wing Demolished For Trump’s Ballroom
The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.
www.forbes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute
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YES, THIS!
Thinking about how you do, & will , respond when faced with fascists doing fascist shit is important.
-helps clarify values & align actions to them
-allows for risk-benefit/pros-cons thinking beforehand thus reducing risk of paralysis or unskilled response
-even better in groups!
Thinking about how you do, & will , respond when faced with fascists doing fascist shit is important.
-helps clarify values & align actions to them
-allows for risk-benefit/pros-cons thinking beforehand thus reducing risk of paralysis or unskilled response
-even better in groups!
Apparently Blackhawk pajamas guy is the Cook County Prosecutor. There’s a good lesson here. He says he imagined ahead of time how he would respond.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas in Chicago’s Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods
Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
YES, THIS!
Thinking about how you do, & will , respond when faced with fascists doing fascist shit is important.
-helps clarify values & align actions to them
-allows for risk-benefit/pros-cons thinking beforehand thus reducing risk of paralysis or unskilled response
-even better in groups!
Thinking about how you do, & will , respond when faced with fascists doing fascist shit is important.
-helps clarify values & align actions to them
-allows for risk-benefit/pros-cons thinking beforehand thus reducing risk of paralysis or unskilled response
-even better in groups!
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free